§ 7101. Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are—

• (1) to stabilize and transition payments to counties to provide funding for schools and roads that supplements other available funds;
• (2) to make additional investments in, and create additional employment opportunities through, projects that—
  • (A)
    • (i) improve the maintenance of existing infrastructure;
    • (ii) implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems; and
    • (iii) restore and improve land health and water quality;
  • (B) enjoy broad-based support; and
  • (C) have objectives that may include—
    • (i) road, trail, and infrastructure maintenance or obliteration;
    • (ii) soil productivity improvement;
    • (iii) improvements in forest ecosystem health;
    • (iv) watershed restoration and maintenance;
    • (v) the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of wildlife and fish habitat;
    • (vi) the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and
    • (vii) the reestablishment of native species; and
• (3) to improve cooperative relationships among—
  • (A) the people that use and care for Federal land; and
  • (B) the agencies that manage the Federal land.